Paper Info
Title
A new framework of consensus protocol design for complex multi-agent systems
Abstract
This paper aims to find a simple but efficient method for consensus protocol design. This paper presents two consensus protocols to solve the consensus problem of complex multi-agent systems that consist of inhomogeneous subsystems. The limitations of current studies are analyzed, and a novel model based on transfer functions is presented. This model can be used to describe both homogeneous and inhomogeneous multi-agent systems in a unified framework. Based on this model, two sufficient and necessary conditions for the consensus of complex multi-agent systems have been obtained. One is for the systems without any external input, and the other is for the systems with the same external input. Then, two corresponding distributed consensus protocols are presented. Considering that the complex multi-agent systems may require different outputs sometimes, the relationship between inputs and outputs is analyzed. Finally, some simulations are given to demonstrate the performance and effectiveness of the proposed approaches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.sysconle.2010.10.003
Systems & Control Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multi-agent system,Consensus,Cooperative control,Transfer function,Decentralized control
Consensus,Mathematical optimization,Decentralised system,Control theory,Multi-agent system,Input/output,Transfer function,Protocol design,Adaptive control,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
1
0167-6911
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.82
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shaobao Li1937.08
Juan Wang2151.17
Xiao-Yuan Luo327133.54
Xinping Guan42791253.38